Presentation at the 2014 Massachusetts Sustainable Communities and Campuses Conference

1. Stephanie Ciccarello,
Sustainability Coordinator
April 17, 2014

2. is to seek grants and opportunities to meet
the Town of Amherst’s goals of greater
energy independence and sustainability
while at the same time fostering working
relationships with Amherst citizens,
businesses and institutions of higher
education in championing and moving a
sustainable community agenda forward.

3. Section 2. C. - Key Directions for the
Community
“Promote an Ethic of Sustainable
Environmental Energy Practices in All Town
Activities”

4.  Objective LU 4. – Protect farmland/farming
 Objective LU 10. - …make it easier for residents to
walk/bicycle
 Objective H4. - Encourage the production of housing in
an environmentally sound manner…
 Objective E2. – Support re-localization
 Objective NC3.- Conservation of land
 Objective NC4. – Apply principles of environmental
sustainability town-wide
 Objective S6. – Leadership role in promoting
environmentally sound practices in services and
facilities
 Objective T2. - Actively promote alternative modes of
transportation

5.  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 2001
 Climate Action Plan – October 2005
 Set a CO2reduction target of 35% below 1997
baseline CO2 emissions
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Update
2007
 Green Communities Program

6.  Applied for Green Communities Designation
May 2012
 Received Green Community Designation in
August of 2012
 Applied for Green Communities Grant in
September 2012
 Awarded $302,000 for LED streetlight retro-
fit in November 2012
 Energy Reduction Plan (ERP) -20% reduction
in energy use below FY’11 levels

7. - Greenhouse Gas Inventory
- Climate Action Plan
- Green Communities Application
The Town of Amherst
Climate Action Plan

9. NURide – partnership withMASSRides

12. Fort River Farm Conservation Area

15.  Affordable housing
 Support of the town’s Master Plan
 Collaboration/Shared Resources – ArcGIS
 Shared vision/collaboration re:infra-structure
 Participation in the same programs
 Collaboration on new initiatives
 Access to interns
 Future collaborations – solid waste reduction
 Regional Bikeshare Program

16.  Stephanie Ciccarello
 Sustainability Coordinator
 4 Boltwood Avenue
 Amherst, MA 01002
 ciccarellos@amherstma.gov
 (413) 259-3149
‘Sustaining Amherst’ is
in our hands